Alumni Council
A.Welcome
B.Minutes – September 12, 2013
C.Student Funding – Update on new form and discussion on requests presented after-the-fact
D.Distinguished Alumnus Award – nomination discussion
a.Nominees include: Drs. Tom Witzig, Allen Vukov, William Edwards and Richard Berkowitz
E.Alumni Functions
F.Financial Report – Dave Haney
G.Any old or new business
H.Upcoming Events:
March 8-Snowball @ Hotel Pere Marquette
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Social Events Committee
MINUTES
Social Events Committee
Room A200-2, Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Social Events Committee
Room A200-2, Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Present: Katie Groesch; Cristina Lugo; Alissa Conde;
Larkin Luo; Daniel Howard; Brittany Price; Cathy Chang; Dave Haney; Linda Rowe
The meeting was called to order at 4:08 pm by Dr.
Rowe.
Financial
Report:
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Account balance is $4,592.16. Monetary contributions thus far have already
exceeded last year’s contribution total.
Dr. Rowe will talk about faculty contributions at January’s Executive
Committee meeting. Jamie will speak with
Advancement Office regarding cost effectiveness of a second mailing and issues
of call fatigue for potential contributors.
SnowBall
2014: March 8
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Emphasize to faculty and staff about
contributing in-kind donations.
Hand-crafted/homemade items normally raise the most. Guests seem to favor unique/personal items.
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In-kind donations report update was
passed around. The majority of items are
gift cards/certificates. It was noted
that tangible items make for better displays and raise more interest on the
auction tables. Students were asked to
keep that in mind when contacting businesses for donations.
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Davey Haney offered the committee the
use of the UICOMP photography backdrop for use for photo shots at event. He noted that the Pere Marquette décor gives
ample areas for photo ops throughout the hallways and ball room.
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AV needs – Jamie will find out how many
microphones and stands are needed by Docappella. A meeting will be scheduled with Pere
Marquette event planner and Dr. Rowe and Jamie to visit the venue to discuss AV
issues and event layout.
·
Centerpieces will be provided by Pere
Marquette. They will be square black
slates with a variety of bite-size desserts and candles on them.
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Jamie will generate a schedule for volunteers
for the day of event.
·
A draft of the invitation was passed
around. Noted items to add/change: Dancing until midnight; vegan selection on
plate choices.
·
The invitation will be posted to the web
site. Students will receive an eVite
and/or can register online for tickets through the SnowBall 2014 web site.
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There is NO option for people to attend
at no charge by skipping the dinner.
·
Students from other campuses are welcome
to at student price of $30.
·
It was agreed the vegan dinner selection
will be risotto with roasted vegetables.
The dessert choices will be cheesecake, fruit tart and flourless
chocolate cake.
·
The committee needs to decide on an
emcee or two for the evening. Lisa Fosnot
and Rollin George were suggested.
·
Committee was asked to encourage people
to attend.
·
Dave Haney offered to provide UICOMP “thank
you” cards for the event from his office.
There being no other business, the meeting was
adjourned at 4:47 p.m.
The next meeting will be Wednesday, February 5, 2014
in Room A200-2 at 4:00 pm
Prepared By Jamie Hassall; Reviewed by Linda Rowe,
1.17.14
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Room A200-2, Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Present: Katie Groesch; Val Arias; Cara O’Brien; Cristina Lugo; Deepika Sriram; Larkin Luo; Gracita Edwards; Alexandria bowman; Dave Haney; Linda Rowe
The meeting was called to order at 4:12 pm by Dr. Rowe.
The October 2013 Minutes were approved.
- Account balance is $973.70. We will start to see changes as SnowBall expenses and monetary
- SnowBall 2014: March 8
- The theme for the fundraiser will parallel with the decorations and furnishings provided by Pere Marquette. Colors are Ivory/Black.
- Themes ideas were based around a black-tie event such as Red Carpet, Great Gatsby, and James Bond 007.
- The M2 student committee will send out a survey to their class to help decide which Student ticket price will increase to $30/ticket. Staff ticket price will increase to $45/ticket. Faculty ticket prices will remain the same as last year at $75/ticket.
- Theme committee will present their theme choice at next month’s meeting.
- Business solicitation packets were handed out to the student committee. The packets contained each students assigned businesses solicitation letters, businesses contact information list, and in kind donation form. Letters are to be signed and returned to Jamie for mailing early next week. Faculty solicitation letters will be generated and mailed in the next couple of weeks.
- Students were asked to encourage faculty and staff to contribute to SnowBall.
- 2014 UICOMP/Peoria Chiefs Outing:
- The students chose Saturday, August 23, 2014 for the outing.
The next meeting will be Wednesday, December 4, 2013 in Room A200-2 at 4:00 pm
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Library Committee
Library Committee Meeting - Oct 25th
1. Budget Report - the university is increasing allocation to the library but less so than in years past. This decrease will result in the consideration of what hardcover and online resources are purchased and made available to students. Of particular note are the additions of:
1. Health and Society in Video
2. Sports Medicine and Exercise Science in Video
3. Dental Education in Videos
*MD Consult and First Consult will cease to exist in 2014 as the companies merge the product into a new service. Cost is being analyzed and the new product may be purchased.
2. Director's Report
3. Student Library/IT Fees - Fees have not increased and resources are still available. The committee is looking to replace some of the for-checkout laptops available. There is also concern over usage of the tablet computers purchased for the now defunct "Let's MEDucate" endeavor of last year that led to the purchase of this resource.
4. Clinical Tools Databases - as stated above, with the allocation changes occurring, there is to be a usage analysis performed to assess if certain databases subscriptions are worth renewing or should be allowed to lapse.